Reading Together program suffers drop in volunteers post COVID, leaving some young readers to struggle

Vernon Writer steps back in time for a stroll along Vernon’s 30th Avenue Mainstreet then and now Photo: Contributed Vernon’s 30th Avenue, looking east, taking around the time the following observations were recorded in the Vernon News of December 1894. If you were to take a walk down Vernon's 30th Avenue today in 2023, which shops would you see? You might notice the grandiose columns of the Nixon Wenger building, the bright red sign of the Curry Pot, or the many shiny windows of the CIBC Banking Centre. You might even observe some remnants of bygone eras, such as pale…